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$107 bn recovered: Jailed Saudis resurface poorer after Prince's crackdown

Authorities have constrained post-prison life for many of those targeted, with travel bans and heightened surveillance within the country

Mohammed bin Salman
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Devon Pendleton and Simone Foxman | Bloomberg
Almost 15 months after rounding up dozens of Saudi Arabia’s richest and most powerful people and imprisoning them in Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has declared the raid a lucrative success.

An anti-corruption commission headed by the crown prince said a total of about $107 billion -- a mix of cash, real estate, companies and securities -- has been recovered from 87 people.

Aside from confirming a $1 billion payment from the former head of the National Guard, the government has said little about the nature of the individual settlements. Less than four months ago, the crown prince told Bloomberg

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